1993 in Sri Lanka

The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Sri Lanka.

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  • Lalith Athulathmudali, the former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and Deputy Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka was killed at 8:10 p.m. Sri Lanka Time (2.10 p.m. UTC) on 23 April 1993 in Kirulapana.[1]
  • The Jaffna lagoon massacre occurred on January 2, 1993, when a Sri Lankan Navy Motor Gun Boat and a number of smaller speed boats intercepted a number of boats transporting people between the south and north shores of the Jaffna Lagoon in the Northern province in Sri Lanka, and attacked them under the glare of a spot light. Roughly 100 civilians and militants were killed.[2][3][4][5]
  • The Battle of Pooneryn was a battle fought on 11 November 1993 for the town of Pooneryn.[6]
  • Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated on 1 May 1993, during a May day rally, by an LTTE suicide bomber. Little more than a week before, Lalith Athulathmudali had also been assassinated.[7]

Notes
a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9

References
  1. "Sri Lanka Opposition Leader Slain at Rally". The New York Times. April 24, 1993. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  2. Olsen, Bendigt (1994). Human Rights in Developing Countries - Yearbook. Springer. ISBN 90-6544-845-4. p.368
  3. "Amnesty International Report 1994". Amnesty International. 1994. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  4. Hoole, Rajan. "Feature: Massacre in the Jaffna Lagoon". University Teachers for Human Rights. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  5. Fernando, Shamindra (January 5, 1993). "Navy demolishes Tiger boats". The Island.
  6. "The Sunday Times Situation Report". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. Gargan, Edward (2 May 1993). "Suicide Bomber Kills President of Sri Lanka". New York Times.
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